Train Robbery on Missouri Kansas Texas Express
Denison Texas August 14 details a bold side robbery of the Missouri Kansas and Texas train No 3 near Caney in Indian Territory. Five masked men blew open the express car and safe, seized mail and passengers money, and vanished after two hours of hold up with a total haul around four hundred dollars plus valuables. Local lawmen, bloodhounds and suspects named Wiehmond Alford Brown Gilson Edwards Burr were arrested. bonds set at 9000 each.
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Fort Worth
Tes
Missouri
Kaneas
Sesus
Caney Territeh
I. T
Caney
Denison
Indian Territory
Cancy
Engxioeer
Bynaiwalie
Muskogee
Katy
Tulley
Bam Gaines
Railway Mall Servics
Sraingran
Caney Station
United Tater Marahala
Vas
Wang
Lanham
Bobberg
Tex
J. B. Davis
Colbert
Davis
Wiehmond
Bob Alford
George Brown
John Gilson
Tom Edwards
Jack Burr
Atoka
New York Life Insurance Company
Great International Life Insurance Company
Total Insurance
Challenger in Dock Getting Ready for Tuning Up
In New York Aug 15 the Sir Thomas Lipton yacht was in Evie Basin awaiting dry dock work. The Shamrock I replaced her as keel blocks were set for the cap el, with the Challenger’s mast and rigging braced extensively. Crews and shipwrights praised the robust construction as preparations continue for trials off the Hook.
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New York
Thomas Lipton
Evie Basin
Capel
Benger
Sycamore
Shamrock
Stapleton
Forto Rico
Porto Rico
David Barrie
Shea
Ratzey
The
Erin
Sir Thomas
ANOTHER MAN PREFERRED Afr Hichardaan's Domestic Troubles
Tacine Wisconsin August 16 The First Congregational church of this city voted after Wednesday night prayer meeting not to retain Rev H L Richardson as pastor for the coming year. Earlier Milwaukee divorce proceedings had brought by Richardson's wife were pending but confidence remained. The 14 to 35 vote reflected preference for another pastor due to the circumstances.
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Hichardaan
Dave
Baseball scores and railway fraud arrests reported
Baseball scores from Aug 16 show Chicago 4 St Louis 2 and Boston 3 New York 2 in New York with a second game Boston 45 New York 1 in eleven innings under darkness. In the American League Cleveland beat Baltimore 9 to 5 as Philadelphia topped Milwaukee 6 to 4 and Boston faced rain in Washington. Also, William Clinton and Charles J Leonard were arrested in St Louis on railway ticket fraud charges with counterfeit tickets valued at about 50 000 uncovered in their offices.
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Svoves
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Washington
St. Loui
William Clinton
Charles J. Leonard
Dall
Fatal trolley crash in Kausue City injures three
Aug 19 in Kausue City a runaway trolley struck a stopped carriage at Seventh and Dektyare streets. Miss Lucy Bevins died, Ed Wusniuech sustained fatal internal injuries, and Miss May Berlus suffered severe facial and head lacerations. The carriage occupants were halted to let the trolley pass when the runaway rammed the carriage, pushing it in front of the fast-moving car.
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Kausue City
Dektyare
Lucy Bevins
Ed Wusniuech
May Berlus
Yiethus
Fight over Invention ends with machine banished
Milwaukee Wisconsin August 18. A four year fight between the milling trust and coopers over the right of shops to use machines was settled Saturday by banning the machine and employing owls instead.
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Agatar
Milwaukee
Wis
Milling Trust
Coopers
Wowl
Trouble in the Wadsworth Family Over Manila Teaching Post
Washington dispatches reveal the War Department reviewed telegraphic correspondence about Mrs. Fannie Wadsworth of Mellwood Nebraska seeking a Philippines teaching post as Miss Wadsworth. Her husband George Wadsworth signed a dispatch opposing her transport, then later transport was approved. She sailed with other teachers to Manila amid debate over parental consent and custody.
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Manta
Washington
War Department
Fannie Wadsworth
Mellwood
Philippines
Wadsworth
Natco
George Wadsworth
Department
Kansas
Manila
Racine Man Suspected in Akron Hotel Death
A telegram from coroner EE Leberman of Akron reports a man aged about 70 found in a hotel room with linen marked J B W. He registered as J Smith. Racine industrialist A W Walker, VP of the Business Men's Association, suspects the man may be his father and believes the death was self-inflicted. Walker had recently traveled toward Buffalo and planned to reunite with his estranged wife and two children in Youngstown.
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Akron
Fancine
Wis
EE. C. Leberman
J. ¥. Smith
Racine
W. A. Walker
Business Man's Association
National Game Scores Across Leagues and Cities
Baseball standings and scores from Aug. 14 and 15 across the National and American leagues with details from Brooklyn, New York, Washington, Boston, Philadelphia, and western association games. Additional reports note Oakland’s hobos convention relocation prospects and a Colorado Springs windfall distributing Rio Grande Western stock to railroad employees.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
W. J. Palmer
Rio Grande Western Railroad
Grim Terror Wins It and Wife
Chicago reports a dramatic railway tragedy where Will iam H. Jones, a brakeman, was fatally injured after being struck by wheels on a box car near Chicago Heights. His wife, Mrs. William H. Jones of Joliet, rushed to his side aboard a speeding engine, but arrived too late as he lay dying at St. Elizabeth's hospital. The couple leaves two children.
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Corper
Chicago
William H. Jones
Joliet
Elgin, Jolet and Wastern
Chicago Heights
Jones
Mrs. Jones
Marie Breslau Honored as Legion of Honor Recipient
Marie Breslau, also spelled Breslay, has been named chevalier of the Legion of Honor in France. She becomes the third woman painter to receive the distinction after Rosa Bonheur and Mme. Demon-Breton, and trained under Carolux Duran. She won a gold medal from the exposition jury last summer and her works have drawn attention in several towns.
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Marie Breslau
Mile
Marie Breslay
France
Rosa Bonheur
Mme. Demont-Breton
Breslay
Carolux Duran
Oil for the Children Emulsion Promotion
An old advertising pitch touts Scott's Emulsion as a cure giving strength and color to sickly children. It claims the oil improves appetite and growth, urges requesting a free sample, and cites Scott & Browne chemists in New York with a price and contact details.
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Scott
Scott & Browne
Pearl St. N.Y
Vaccination debate sparks new school plan in Milwaukee
Milwaukee physician Dr. Matthew Z Rosermund announces efforts to found a local school promoting the view that smallpox contagion is nonexistent, quarantine is wrong, and vaccination is a duty, drawing public attention amid controversy. Berlin arts scene yields grand reparation piece by Otto Robt. Winona Bible conference reports record turnout. Pall River wages debate foresees wage cut plan failing. Tollet county board assesses Midland elevator grain at 77000 dollars amid transit dispute.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Matthew Z. Rosermund
Apnieton
Tollet
Ill
County Board of Review
Midland
Bartlett, Fravier & Co
Mrs Pitt Panel On Baby Breakfast Prep
A fragment describes a panel where Mrs. Pitt is asked about preparing a baby’s breakfast. The reply suggests a recipe mix of one-third milk and two-thirds microbe killer, with an instruction to subscribe for the panel.
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Lipton
Great Britain
Brooklyn
Paladelphia
Tnt
Gnome
Western Association
Wheeling
Columbus
Toledo
Matthews
Marlon
Grand Rapids
Fort Wayne
Dayton
Oakland
Arcola
Danville
Tourists' Union
Michigan
Kaleor Va Alec
Berlin
Herr Otto Robt of
Arts and Crafts School
William
Edward
Bible Conference
Winona
Warsaw
Ind
Pall River
Mass
Uextes
Ilil
Empire Hotel
Z. B. Walker
Wear Point
Carlets
Buffalo
West Point
Charles G. Treat
Tows Pythians
Cedar Rapids
Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias
I. W. Porterfield
Atlantic
Iowa
Pythiany
Watter
Henry Watterson
Louisville
Blanca Esther Sasanova
Juan J. Casanova
Cuba
Confluence
Harrison
Ireman
Burlington
Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway Company
Minnesota
Rixpen
Reading
Wilmont
Lismore
Kenneth
Walters
Conesr
Thos. H. Brown
Gen'l. Townsite Agt
Slanx Falls
Raven’s
Franz Hagenstein
Ackley
Dubuque
Ubuque
Carrey
Plug Tobaccom
Beverr
Ilinois Central
Kentucky
Tennesse
Mississippi
Teulajana
Tinola Central
Addreaal
Merry
Gen
Pass
Ayer
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